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Cold collisions of heavy
2
Σ
^2\Sigma
2
Σ
molecules with alkali-metal atoms in a magnetic field: Ab initio analysis and prospects for sympathetic cooling of SrOH
(
2
Σ
)
(^2\Sigma)
(
2
Σ
)
by Li(
2
^2
2
S)
Authors
Alexei A. Buchachenko
Jacek Kłos
Masato Morita
Timur V. Tscherbul
Publication date
1 January 2017
Publisher
'American Physical Society (APS)'
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Abstract
We use accurate ab initio and quantum scattering calculations to explore the prospects for sympathetic cooling of the heavy molecular radical SrOH(
2
Σ
^2\Sigma
2
Σ
) by ultracold Li atoms in a magnetic trap. A two-dimensional potential energy surface (PES) for the triplet electronic state of Li-SrOH is calculated ab initio using the partially spin-restricted coupled cluster method with single, double and perturbative triple excitations and a large correlation-consistent basis set. The highly anisotropic PES has a deep global minimum in the skewed Li-HOSr geometry with
D
e
=
4932
D_e=4932
D
e
=
4932
cm
−
1
^{-1}
−
1
and saddle points in collinear configurations. Our quantum scattering calculations predict low spin relaxation rates in fully spin-polarized Li+SrOH collisions with the ratios of elastic to inelastic collision rates well in excess of 100 over a wide range of magnetic fields (1-1000 G) and collision energies (10
−
5
−
0.1
^{-5}-0.1
−
5
−
0.1
~K) suggesting favorable prospects for sympathetic cooling of SrOH molecules with spin-polarized Li atoms in a magnetic trap. We find that spin relaxation in Li+SrOH collisions occurs via a direct mechanism mediated by the magnetic dipole-dipole interaction between the electron spins of Li and SrOH, and that the indirect (spin-rotation) mechanism is strongly suppressed. The upper limit to the Li+SrOH reaction rate coefficient calculated for the singlet PES using adiabatic capture theory is found to decrease from
4
×
1
0
−
10
4\times 10^{-10}
4
×
1
0
−
10
~cm
3
^3
3
/s to a limiting value of
3.5
×
1
0
−
10
3.5\times 10^{-10}
3.5
×
1
0
−
10
cm
3
^3
3
/s with decreasing temperature from 0.1 K to 1
μ
\mu
μ
K
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